According to Deadline, filmmaker Roxanne Benjamin, who is best-known for penning and helming creepy segments in the anthologies Southbound and XX, will write a new version of Thom Eberhardt’s horror-comedy. Not much else is known about the Night of the Comet remake for the time being, but Deadline’s report determines that the film will indulge in its horror and sci-fi sensibilities a little more than any of its more comedic elements.
Led by two absolutely kick-ass female characters, Night of the Comet is a post-apocalyptic zombie movie. Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney play sisters Reggie and Sam Belmont. When everyone else seems to have literally vanished after a rare comet passage, leaving nothing but dust in their wake, these girls wind up being the survivors of a sudden apocalypse. Reggie and Sam soon learn that if you weren’t dusted by the comet, you were zombified. However, both sisters have some tricks up their sleeve that give them an edge over their zombie hordes.
No word when the remake will hit screens.
Haven’t seen this movie in years, used to love it, thoigh. I mean, Valley Girls saving the world from zombies – that’s great stuff!